Aviation toy



July Z1, 1925.

T. J. PARKER AVIATION TOY Filed OGQ lO, 1923 Patented July 21, 1925. j

- lUNITED STTES THOMAS J. PARKER, Yor

CINCINNATI, oIIIo, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF. To JQHN G. v cYrHERs, or CINCINNATI, oIIIo.

AVIATION TOY.

Application led October 10', 1923. Seriallo. 667,727.

To all whom t may cantera:

Be it known that I, 'IHoMAs J. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident otCinCinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented Certain new and useful Improvements` in Aviation Toys. of `which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication. A

My invention relates to toys in which the player can gain experience lin the principles of aviation, and in which a miniature aeroplane can be projected through the air by means of agun.

It is the object of my invention to provide an aeroplane,lwhich has an elevator, rudder and a warping arrangement from the wings, if desired, and which resembles in its actions in the air, a regular sized machine.

a member which can be set into a projecting barrel, and will enable the user to mount the aeroplane in a balanced position in such a barrel and by means of a spring or the like,

' project the aeroplane -in the desired direcadjustment.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the device complete without the gun.

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the device, mounted in the gun, as in Figure 2.

While I have shown a spring projecting device for my toy and shown the projection implement in the shape of a gun, with stock and trigger, it will be understood that some other device ofthe same function could be provided.

In the form7 shown in the drawings, the stock 1, is shown as supporting thev barrel 2,

It is j also my object to equip this toy device with- Wvhich barrel is formedV with a lengthwise slot `2a along the underside thereof.

Within this barrel is a. spring 3, which bears against a piston 4, mounted on a rody 5.` The spring is held at the rear end by means of a disk 6, through which the ro'd 5 passes, and this rod is notched at 7, to engage with the latch arm 8 of the trigger 9. The end of the rod protrudes through the rear of the barrel, where it may be 'equipped with the handle 10, so that when the rod is pulled back until caught by the latch arm, the sprlng will be compressed, `and so that 4upon pulling on the trigger the rod will kbe released and the piston 4 will be projected through the path permitted by the handle 10, through the barrel. I use a piston 7 on the tip of the rod to engage the projectile.

The aeroplane is shown as having a fuselage 11, built to imitate the fuselage of a; full sized plane, with the running lgear 12, se- .cured thereto. At the rear of the fuselage 1s the rudder 13, mountedon a vertically placed hinge 14, and having a forwardly projecting tiller 15. This tiller passes over a notched segment 16, so that the -movement of the tiller will adjust the rudder, and this adjustment will beheld during fli ht', by

means of the engagementof'the ti ler between the notches.

The elevators 17, are hinged at 18 to the sides of the fuselage onto small plates 19, and' have tiller arms 20, which pass over notched segments 21, so that adjustment can l be had in the sameway as with the rudder and its tiller.'

The wings 22, (in this instance a monoplane is shown). are mounted on struts 23, in the usual manner, and wires 24 may be used to hold the tips ofthe wings in desired relation tothe fuselage. A wide-variation. 1n Wing design is possible as in the usual aeroplane construction.

Set on a pair lor more of arms 2 5, held,

securely in the fuselage, is a projectile 26, which is' made to fit the barrel of the gun.

The arms 25 are of a size to lit within the slot 2*.

Thus the projectile may be inserted Within the barre with the wings above the barrel, and moved back until its rear end lies in the path of the piston 011th@ Spring p1unger. When this plunger is retracted and then released by the trigger, the projectile and with it the aeroplane will be shot away from the gun and will make a Hight through the air.

Due to the location of the projectile beneath the upper wing, and the presence of the slot in the barrel which holds the toy aeroplane in a ixed angular relation to the barrel, a perfect 'start can be given to the Hight, without the projecting apparatus interfering in any way.

I Wish to include as within the scope of my invention such mechanical equivalents as will occur to the skilled man in the arts involved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as nevi7 and desire to secure by VLetters Patent, is

An aviation toy comprising a winged structure with upwardly extending members supporting a lengthwise member adapted 'for use as a projectile and for fitting. within the barrel of a gun, said barrel with a longitudinal slot in thebottom thereof for guiding the upward extending members of the winged structure and for admitting the projectile to the barrel with said projectile carrying the winged structure, la projector member reciprocable in the barrel, a spring actuating said projector member with a repression plunger handle at the back of, the barreh' whereby said spring is tensioned, a stock for said gun and a supporting meniber whereby said barrel is carried on the stock and a trigger member pivoted in said supporting member `for releasing the projector member and thereby discharging the projector carrying the winged structure.

` THOMAS J, PARKER. 

